I've gone and compared my model with photos of the official Dreadnought, and realized that the body was not quite in proportion to what it needs to be.

This is not the fault of the Patoroch template, rather my inept build
So I've gone and modified the model a bit, here is the latest result.
The legs are sunk into the feet pads (which have been rebuilt with thicker card), and I've removed the waste section. The shoulder pads have also been beefed up.

Here is some progress on the weapons. The multi-barrel auto-cannon needs rework (I don't like the look of the toothpicks, I will roll barrels out of paper instead). And most of everything is still blue-tacked on.

So here is the primed body of the dreadnought - it looks a tad cleaner this way

I did this last night, then took the legs, feet and shin guard armor and set them up in the first part of a 2-part silicone caulk mold. I check them this morning, everything looks good, so this week I'll do the second part, then I can cast it in resin.

The body and powerplant (backpack) will go in a separate mold, then of course the weapons in a third mold.

Here is the progress I've made in making molds and casting resin parts for this figure. Minus the left hand - this gave me a lot of trouble, will just have to see whether I've finally nailed it in the latest mold.

This will probably be the last molding/casting diversion post on this thread, as it does not have anything to do with papercraft / modelling anymore per se. But I wanted to show that I could make a model out of (mostly) papercraft, and succesfully mold and cast it, using cheap supplies.

Once I start working on the master again (for which I have other plans) I'll start posting again!